Riot Act: Official Album Thread

[GreenMosquito1996]

I have a real soft spot for this album.

Even though I'd been a fan since Ten, this was the first album that came out post-2000 bootlegs, which is what made me a superfan.

This was also the first PJ tour I saw (Montreal 2003). Managed to get one of the few performances of Arc and a rare performance of Ghost.

Love me some Riot Act.

My first show too ! It's great memories !

[guitar_davey]

I have a real soft spot for this album.

Even though I'd been a fan since Ten, this was the first album that came out post-2000 bootlegs, which is what made me a superfan.

This was also the first PJ tour I saw (Montreal 2003). Managed to get one of the few performances of Arc and a rare performance of Ghost.

Love me some Riot Act.

My first show too ! It's great memories !

[dad]

this is--imo--the last *good Pearl Jam album.

don't get me wrong, Gigaton is good too, but it's not Riot Act good...like start to finish good (I'm looking at you, Retrograde). forgive me for clinging to the good ol' days of the band.

*Yield is the last great record.

[RockPusher]

I'm still kind of surprised at the Retrograde hate. That song is dope. If it didn't have the extended jam/outro, it wouldn't be as special, but I still like the riff and it *does* have that and translated well live.

Riot Act, for me, is a very good Pearl Jam album. In my last rankings I did, it looks like I have it as 8 out of 11, but really everything above the bottom 2 (BS and LB) is a classic album for me. That tour was pretty great. You Are blew my mind, and the versions of Crazy Mary were off the hook.

[dad]

I'm still kind of surprised at the Retrograde hate. That song is dope. If it didn't have the extended jam/outro, it wouldn't be as special, but I still like the riff and it *does* have that and translated well live.

Riot Act, for me, is a very good Pearl Jam album. In my last rankings I did, it looks like I have it as 8 out of 11, but really everything above the bottom 2 (BS and LB) is a classic album for me. That tour was pretty great. You Are blew my mind, and the versions of Crazy Mary were off the hook.

I'm willing to own up to the Retrograde outro being good. the rest of the song is pretty meh to me. I've tried. i think it breaks up what is a great run of songs when i wasn't expecting a great run of songs from this band following LB. i kind of liked the live premier of Retrograde, but again...just the outro. that song just screams LB to me. it was even written during those sessions, right?

i recently bumped RA to my number 6. I only saw two shows on the RA tour, and got: 1/2 Full, Green Disease, I Am Mine, Save You, Arc, Can't Keep, Love Boat Captain, Get Right.

would've loved to have heard You Are, Ghost, or Help Help.

[Monkey_Driven]

I'm still kind of surprised at the Retrograde hate. That song is dope. If it didn't have the extended jam/outro, it wouldn't be as special, but I still like the riff and it *does* have that and translated well live.

Riot Act, for me, is a very good Pearl Jam album. In my last rankings I did, it looks like I have it as 8 out of 11, but really everything above the bottom 2 (BS and LB) is a classic album for me. That tour was pretty great. You Are blew my mind, and the versions of Crazy Mary were off the hook.

I'm willing to own up to the Retrograde outro being good. the rest of the song is pretty meh to me. I've tried. i think it breaks up what is a great run of songs when i wasn't expecting a great run of songs from this band following LB. i kind of liked the live premier of Retrograde, but again...just the outro. that song just screams LB to me. it was even written during those sessions, right?

i recently bumped RA to my number 6. I only saw two shows on the RA tour, and got: 1/2 Full, Green Disease, I Am Mine, Save You, Arc, Can't Keep, Love Boat Captain, Get Right.

would've loved to have heard You Are, Ghost, or Help Help.

Dad knows best

[Monkey_Driven]

This is the last album where it felt like everyone was in the same room and just cutting it loose. The mood throughout feels very much like those post-9/11 days, but the themes hold up really well today too.

[dad]

YES. and i've always felt like if they would've treated the follow-up to RA that way, it would've been just as good. I've been listening to RA all day...it's been a while since I've listened straight through...and i keep hearing things i'd never heard, like bongos?...in All or None. It took me 19 years to hear them. Yikes.

still...i'm with you. they sounded like a band on this album.

[dad]

i'm going to take this on a walk right now, and see what else these ears didn't hear before.

[B]

Ugh. Are you the one who bumped all the Riot Act songs.

[liebzz]

I don’t agree with some of this. I think Riot Act is a great album, but outside of the production issues pre-Spotify only reissue, I think the self-titled album beats it out. I have no issues with this album other than I need to be in the mood to listen to it, and many of the songs here are essential to me, but the self-titled record, when properly presented (like live), is simply killer. Same with Gigaton. But then again I am comfortable arguing that Pearl Jam has 9 great albums and 2 good albums.

[dad]

Ugh. Are you the one who bumped all the Riot Act songs.

you do have the power to make it so these bumps never happened.

[Kevin Davis]

Ugh. Are you the one who bumped all the Riot Act songs.

i took care of a few more

[epilogue]

Fuck, it's good to see all the Riot Act love. I've waited a long time for this.

[thesound]

I have never understood the hate and under appreciation of Riot Act! Great album. Highly underrated in my opinion.

[VinylGuy]

all this RA talk made me put my vinyl super loud

damn this thing is brilliant.

[knee tunes]

Love Riot Act so much

5 hearts

:hea rtbeat:

whatever

[VinylGuy]

Help Help is blasting right now

[stip]

uniondale 03 remains my favorite PJ show

[dad]

Ugh. Are you the one who bumped all the Riot Act songs.

i took care of a few more

i appreciate your contributions.

B, just wait until i bump the Yield songs.